Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike

Telegraph.co.uk – By Con Coughlin in Tel Aviv
Last Updated: 12:30am GMT 25/02/2007
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Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities… To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran’s nuclear programme, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.

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